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Belarus has hosted over 160,000 arrivals since the launch of the visa-waiver program for the neighboring EU countries, BelTA learned from the State Border Committee of Belarus. Since 1 January 2023, Belarus has hosted 160,383 visa-waiver travelers from the neighboring countries of the European Union: 106,257 citizens of Lithuania, 30,974 citizens and 9,060 non-citizens of Latvia, and 14,092 Polish citizens. Since the launch of the visa-waiver program for the neighboring countries...

More than 66% of Belarusians consider state symbols as the main national symbol of Belarus, Nikolai Sukhotsky, Deputy Director for Science and Innovations at the Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, said as he cited findings of a telephone poll in an interview with BelTA. The Institute of Sociology of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus conducted a telephone interview survey “Public opinion on the events of the Great Patriotic War,...

Belarus is committed to agreements on realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Deputy Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, the national coordinator on reaching the Sustainable Development Goals Valery Belsky mentioned it as he met with Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia of the United Nations Development Coordination Office (UNDCO) Gwi-Yeop Son, BelTA has learned. Valery Belsky said: “We are glad that our contacts...

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to the Republic of Korea Andrei Chernetsky attended the opening of the exhibition of Korean traditional art Minhwa Bloomed in Gwanghwamun Square, organized by the country's Multiculture Museum on 10 May, BelTA learned from the Belarusian embassy in Seoul. The head of the Belarusian diplomatic mission delivered a welcoming speech to the participants of the exhibition and emphasized the importance of preserving national art....

Belarus and Zimbabwe signed a roadmap on cooperation in higher education and university science for 2023-2025, BelTA learned from the press service of the Education Ministry. The document was signed during a visit of a Zimbabwean delegation headed by Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Science and Technology Development Amon Murvira. The Education Ministry hosted a meeting between the Zimbabwean delegation and the heads of Belarusian universities and Education Minister Andrei...

At the 2nd CIS Games athletes will be provided with everything they need according to the best world standards, Belarusian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko told the media as he visited sports facilities in Molodechno on 4 May, BelTA has learned. “We are now doing inspection work to check the infrastructure for the 2nd CIS Games. The Games will be hosted by Minsk and other Belarusian cities. Sports competitions will be held in three cities of Minsk Oblast. For example,...